Julie Morse's Blog – March 2018 Archive (6)

According to New York City-based dermatologist and renowned skincare expert Paul Jarrod Frank, MD, the right ingredients are just one part of skin care—what matters most is how you apply them. “The future of cosmetic…

Palm Beach dermatologist Gary Marder, MD was recently sentenced to three years in prison for health care fraud. Over the course of six years, Dr. Marder billed Medicare and Tricare more than $49 million dollars. He…

A team of French dermatologists is taking a new approach to photodynamic therapy (PDT) for acne. Designed by scientists at Texinov Medical Textiles, the Fluxmedicare is a device made of optical fibers woven into fabric. “Until now medical treatments involving light used rigid panels,” explains Nadege Boucard, MD, research and development general manager at Texinov.…

A recent multicohort study in The Lancet Oncology found that obese men who underwent treatment for metastatic melanoma have a 47 percent reduced mortality rate compared with non-obese men. The obese male patients’ overall…

Due to long appointment wait times and sparse numbers of dermatologists in small towns and cities, more patients are turning to a screen to get their skin problems diagnosed and treated. According to a new study presented at the…

Dermatologists are noticing an alarming increase of Merkel cell carcinoma cases in the aging baby boomer population. According to a new study that analyzed data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program at the National Cancer Institute, the incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma jumped 95 percent from 2000 to 2013. People 85-years and older are at the…